Post by Bonobo on Feb 28, 2019 21:58:55 GMT 1

It is a joke that the highest construction in Krakow will still remain a ruin....Krakow is a big deep province...

Krakow's ugliest landmark will continue to haunt the city's skyline for the foreseeable future.Simon CygielskiNew Warsaw ExpressJuly 09, 2008Krakow's most unsightly landmark, a 24-story tower known as "Skeletor" for its raw concrete structure, appears to have once again got bogged down in bureaucratic obstacles that will further put off its long-delayed completion.

A spokesman for the current owner, local real estate company Treimorfa, told the daily Gazeta Krakowska that he did not know when the project could be finished, but that the problem stemmed from disagreements between the investor and the authorities. According to local officials, the reason for the delay is that the investor has requested permission to build up the tower from its current 92 metres to 144, which is unacceptable for heritage protection authorities."The President of Poland has declared the layout of the Kleparz area where the Szkieletor stands a heritage site," province heritage conservator Jan Janczykowski told the paper. "You can't build anything there that would disturb the historical layout."The tower, or rather its bare concrete structure, was originally built in 1979 for the National Technical Organisation (NOT), and has haunted the city's skyline since then.__._,_.___